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Mark Charles (Navajo) enters 2020 race as an Independent

6/16/2019

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For starters, Charles is a Navajo citizen who prefers to refer to himself as the son of a Navajo man and an American-Dutch woman. Never half-Navajo or half-Dutch. (That just brings up the history of blood quantum in Native America. Keep reading for his perspective on this.)

“I fully identify with and embrace both of my parents and both communities,” Charles said. He resides in Washington, D.C., with his family.

Second, he is a Navajo man with a Christian faith who criticizes the Doctrine of Discovery. However, he wants to share one message about this part of his identity.

“I’m being very clear with you. I am a candidate who is Christian. My goal is, I’m going to work very hard to not become the Christian candidate who’s going to make our nation Christian again,” he said. “No, that’s not the goal.”

“I believe there needs to be a separation of church and state,” he said.

Third, his idea for even running to be the 46th president of the United States began when he lived in a Hogan on the Navajo Nation, six miles from the nearest paved road with no running water or electricity. The outhouse was 50 feet away from the Hogan. The Hogan was located on a sheep camp. He and his family lived here for three years.

“That experience motivates me the most and inspires me the most to do what I’m doing today,” he said.

https://www.nhonews.com/news/2019/jun/11/mark-charles-who-navajo-enters-2020-presidential-r/
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